Tropical Soulvangelical wants to follow up on what he said about Eric Adams, because it was just within the first two hours or so of Eric Adams getting indicted that TSV said he doesn't think Adams should resign. TSV's revised that point of view to say that he's more open to a resignation of Adams -per se-, partly because he had no idea just how much media coverage Eric Adams getting indicted would get, but TSV -will not- call for a resignation. TSV knows full well that calling for a resignation of Adams is one-and-the-same as throwing in the towel on issues of principle for the city. For example, TSV observes that pretty much the day after Eric Adams got indicted, the city council proposed legalizing jaywalking, which is just nothing short of flabbergasting, and which confirms for TSV the kind of anything-goes politics that the city council really wants to do but they don't yet have a rubber stamp at Gracie Mansion. Other than sending the message that the city council doesn't think either principle or proper behavior matter, TSV knows full well legalizing jaywalking will just lead to all sorts of on-street conflicts at the intersection. TSV's going to get all these people who seem to think that legalized jaywalking means they can climb on the hoods of people's cars at the intersection just because they think they could (they -can't-), or push other people out of the way at the crosswalk, or bully those people who -by principle- proceed as if jaywalking were still illegal and actually look both ways before they cross the street and observe traffic signals accordingly. If someone doing so gets struck by a car because jaywalking is legalized, that person should have ample grounds to sue over jaywalking being legalized. Overall, TSV's observing that the jaywalking example shows there being this legalization fever sweeping the city council, because now you can see what they -really- wanted to do to the city, but they felt like Eric Adams was holding them back, and they're just waiting for the nearest opportunity to get their way regardless of how -all- city residents feel, and not just those who are pro-jaywalking. Oh, and by the way, TSV still believes we're heading for a dictatorship despite no-one talking about it, pretending that talking about economics will automatically -make- people forget that dictatorship is eminent in a month's time.